----- Original Message ----- From: "Minimochi" <minimochi2003@yahoo.com> To: "Carl William Spitzer IV" <cwsiv@juno.com>; <oclug@oclug.org> Cc: <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [SLE] Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux Workstation
Is it possible to have viruses in linux? never heard of that before! Carl William Spitzer IV <cwsiv@juno.com> wrote:This is a comprehensive
anti-virus defense system for Linux workstations.
The program is compatible with all of the most popular Linux versions. http://linux.tucows.com/internet/preview/251301.html
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As far as I know, the anti-virus software is to protect Windows machines
Viruses CAN happen. The only difference is that the virus will run with the effective permissions of the user that opened it. As we all know normal users cant do TOO much, so viruses would only damage your personal files and not any important system files. Don't rule out trojans either. As a normal user you can still bind a program to an unpriveleged TCP port. That would give a hacker a bit of time to log in and crack your root account. Then again hackers can be a lazy folk and craking the root account on a desktop probably wouldnt be worth their while. -- #------------------------ #Eric Bambach #Eric@CISU.net #------------------------